Candlelight vigil planned in memory of teens killed in 2007 crash

MUSKEGON — A candlelight vigil is planned Sunday in memory of Shawn David Huq, 16, Aaron Lee Pham, 16, and Terry Antonio Ripley on the third anniversary of their deaths.

The teens were killed around 11:30 p.m. on Dec. 12, 2007, when the car they were riding in collided with a tanker truck on M-120 near Old Orchard Lane.

Johnathon Chadwick Neiger-Bickham, the driver, survived and is now serving a seven-to-15-year prison sentence for three counts of drunken driving causing death. Huq, 16, was Neiger-Bickham’s stepbrother.

The 7 p.m. vigil will be held at the site of the accident. Anyone who is interested can attend the vigil.

Bickham hopes that by holding the vigils each year area teens will understand the dangers of drinking and driving.

“We want people to know that this really happens and this is what we live with every day. By doing these vigils maybe a kid won’t get in a car with someone who has been drinking. We just try to keep it out there and maybe one kid will listen,” Bickham said.